Will refurbished Sony Xperia Z3 Compact from Newegg work w/ Public Mobile?

[ellajane]

Hey all, I'm considering buying a refurbished phone from Newegg.ca

It's this phone: https://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIAEMM7919739&ignorebbr=1&_ga=2.33569378.277466493....

I'm wondering a couple things:

1) Is Newegg.ca trustworthy/reliable?

2) Will this phone work on Public Mobile? I've attached a shot of its specs here but know nothing about 3G, 4G etc.

[will13am]

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@Anonymous wrote:

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@will13am wrote:

BTW, newegg's site was hacked not long ago.  Customers information was being skimmed. 

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Well...aren't YOU on top of the news 🙂 I knew about the ncix problem but this was news to me. Thanks

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Ncix is a loser company to store people's information in plain text.

[computergeek541]

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@ellajane wrote:

Hey all, I'm considering buying a refurbished phone from Newegg.ca

It's this phone: https://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIAEMM7919739&ignorebbr=1&_ga=2.33569378.277466493....

I'm wondering a couple things:

1) Is Newegg.ca trustworthy/reliable?

2) Will this phone work on Public Mobile? I've attached a shot of its specs here but know nothing about 3G, 4G etc.

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Based on those specs, yes the phone will work.

However, whether or not newegg.ca is a reliable seller/store is irrelevant.  This product is not being sold by Newegg.  It is being sold by a third-party seller who could be pretty much anyone.

[Anonymous]

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@will13am wrote:

BTW, newegg's site was hacked not long ago.  Customers information was being skimmed. 

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Well...aren't YOU on top of the news 🙂 I knew about the ncix problem but this was news to me. Thanks

[will13am]

This phone will work on the Public Mobile network.  However, this is a refurbished unit that is sold by a third party advertising on newegg.  It ships from China and so likely it could be slow journey to get it to the front door.  Crutially, this is a 4 year old phone.  Very crusty old for tech.  Personally, I would not touch it.  The battery is probably well worn.  BTW, newegg's site was hacked not long ago.  Customers information was being skimmed. 

[wetcoaster]

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@ellajane wrote:

Hey all, I'm considering buying a refurbished phone from Newegg.ca

It's this phone: https://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIAEMM7919739&ignorebbr=1&_ga=2.33569378.277466493....

I'm wondering a couple things:

1) Is Newegg.ca trustworthy/reliable?

2) Will this phone work on Public Mobile? I've attached a shot of its specs here but know nothing about 3G, 4G etc.

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If these are the actual bands covered by the phone then it will work with Public Mobile.

https://productioncommunity.publicmobile.ca/t5/Discussions/LTE-network-fundamentals/m-p/198799/highl...

While I have not purchased a refurbished cell phone from them I've had no problems at all when I got some headphones on sale from Newegg a couple of years ago.

[Anonymous]

 @ellajane: Did you try Check Your Phone?

Or here?

Newegg is a long established online tech company.